Enabling women in the U.S. to join the job market over time could generate stronger labor-force growth, offsetting drags from an aging population and other forces, and in turn boost the economy’s growth trajectory......»»

The challenges are particularly huge for Japan, which faces both an aging and shrinking population.
The International Monetary Fund called on Asian economies to learn from Japan’s experience and act early to cope with rapidly aging p.....»»

Japan’s aging issue has been a topic of concern for a while but are the numbers even worse than many realize? Maybe Japan’s aging population has been the focus of numerous economic studies, all pointing to the declining trend in .....»»

REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoThe Japanese sex problem has become so desperate that its young population are giving up on dating and are just marrying their friends.
A Government survey found 69 per cent of Japanese men and 59 per cent of Japanese women do not have.....»»

The number of small firms closing their doors are near a record high.
Japan’s small firms, many of which are “mom-and-pop” operations, are dying out as their aging owners struggle to find successors, in another sign that the fast-agi.....»»

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's small firms, many of which are "mom-and-pop" operations, are dying out as their aging owners struggle to find successors, in another sign that the fast-ageing population is taking its toll on the world's third-largest economy......»»

Japan's small firms, many of which are "mom-and-pop" operations, are dying out as their aging owners struggle to find successors, in another sign that the fast-ageing population is taking its toll on the world's third-largest economy. Prime Mini.....»»

Vietnam is trying to raise the retirement age of both men and women to mitigate the economic impact of a rapidly aging population and take pressure off of its depleted social welfare funds. The Labour Ministry wants to get the issue on the agenda of parli.....»»

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan's aging, shrinking population was not a burden for the world's third largest economy, but an incentive to boost productivity through innovations like robots, wireless sensors, and Artificial Intelligence. Abe.....»»

Japan has a sex problem, and it might be contagious.
For 25 years, the country has seen falling fertility rates coincide with widespread aging, a worrisome trend that has now reached a critical mass known as a "demographic time bomb."
Japanese women are h.....»»